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it is generally used by country. our international competence is not changing. >> precisely -- precisely because the world is changing, we need to he does. which tasks should be dealt with. i think there should be a debate or example, i would like to talk with my colleagues on the area of occupational health and safety. there is so much that has been dealt with. very much in terms of rules and legislations. it is like hotel california, you can check out, but you can never leave. it is very much at this level. i do not agree when someone asks for specific favors for one country. it should he level at the end of the day. both on the european level and the a national level. i agree with david's comments yesterday in terms of making the union more efficient. you should also look at competitiveness. getting the engine going. between the united states and europe, i think it is vital for all of us. >> yes, if i may have a word, i think it is eerie important to have a pragmatic attitude here through the history of european i
it is generally used by country. our international competence is not changing. >> precisely -- precisely because the world is changing, we need to he does. which tasks should be dealt with. i think there should be a debate or example, i would like to talk with my colleagues on the area of occupational health and safety. there is so much that has been dealt with. very much in terms of rules and legislations. it is like hotel california, you can check out, but you can never leave. it is...
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way for us to think about this. it's not just economic growth for economic growth's sake, it's economic growth that's building a middle class again in this country. and i wonder if you have thoughts about how we might approach the discussions on the committee with that objective in mind. maybe it's not the right objective. >> senator, i think it is the right objective. i think in the president's speech last night he called it the north star that we need to always keep before us as we go through each of the component policy areas, and tax reform is one of those. i think we've made some progress. the tax bill that was passed in january did go a distance to restoring some equity in the distribution of the tax burden. i think the distribution of income has been a real problem. it's one -- it ought to be possible for somebody who works 40 hours a week to earn a decent wage. it ought to be possible for anyone who is willing to work hard to make it into the middle class. and, you know, we have a lot of work ahead of us, bu
way for us to think about this. it's not just economic growth for economic growth's sake, it's economic growth that's building a middle class again in this country. and i wonder if you have thoughts about how we might approach the discussions on the committee with that objective in mind. maybe it's not the right objective. >> senator, i think it is the right objective. i think in the president's speech last night he called it the north star that we need to always keep before us as we go...
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for the new republic, the old model used to be you give us $35, and we give you 20 issues of print. that worked for a very long time until the web, until all the business models were disresulted. now our model -- disresulted. now to our model is you give us $35 and you get print, but you also get what you call our experiencial products. in the digital column, it's all the things i was talking about before -- audio, digital premium, unlimited access, commenting, and there's several other things on that list -- and then you get access to subscriber-only events which we are doing at least once a month in major cities and also in some secondary markets like, you know, ann arbor or austin or places where there's a lot of people who are interested in the type of journalism that we do. whether or not the experience cial products will be enough is an open question, but it's certainly part of a trend where from an editorial perspective the journalists are not just researching and writing, they're researching, writing, promoting, engaging in dialogue and then also being important participants
for the new republic, the old model used to be you give us $35, and we give you 20 issues of print. that worked for a very long time until the web, until all the business models were disresulted. now our model -- disresulted. now to our model is you give us $35 and you get print, but you also get what you call our experiencial products. in the digital column, it's all the things i was talking about before -- audio, digital premium, unlimited access, commenting, and there's several other things...
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no useful purpose. the only purpose is tax avoidance. and those are the loopholes which we can close, and those are the loopholes which it seems to me there ought to be broad, bipartisan support to close, and if we can close it, we can avoid sequestration. that's how big again these loopholes are. i very much appreciate the senator from vermont's reference to our permanent subcommittee on investigations and the work that we've been doing, and i very much appreciate the energy which he brings to this effort. it ought to be bipartisan. these kind of loopholes again are not what most people consider to be legitimate loopholes or deductions, excuse me -- legitimate deductions. but, again, they are the kind of tax avoidance schemes which should not be in the law, even if we had no deficit. i guess one of the critical differences between these kinds of tax gimmicks and the ordinary deductions which corporations take is the fact that the use of these -- and the abuse of these should be he woulde he would ela b
no useful purpose. the only purpose is tax avoidance. and those are the loopholes which we can close, and those are the loopholes which it seems to me there ought to be broad, bipartisan support to close, and if we can close it, we can avoid sequestration. that's how big again these loopholes are. i very much appreciate the senator from vermont's reference to our permanent subcommittee on investigations and the work that we've been doing, and i very much appreciate the energy which he brings to...
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us alone? maybe i ought to stay the way it is have signals to one another with morse code, i don't know. is there a danger in actually getting too, pardon the word, sophisticated, that we, my goal is to try to yank us into the 21st century in terms of our capacity to communicate but am i setting myself up then for a, a failure, vis-a-vis cybersecurity? >> i could start. i think that if you bring together -- >> wait, i did get, the chief information came in very, very quickly. let me explain to you what is happening right now today in terms of attacks. it dumfounded me a little bit. i'm thinking, what do they want to know? the hotel revenue per room? i mean we publish that. why are we being assaulted? honestly we're being attacked right now. >> i could certainly see in michigan bringing together i-t into centralized security organization but also i-t organization. you have reduced number of pipes so you can watch those pipes. the department of homeland security has similar process that's happeni
us alone? maybe i ought to stay the way it is have signals to one another with morse code, i don't know. is there a danger in actually getting too, pardon the word, sophisticated, that we, my goal is to try to yank us into the 21st century in terms of our capacity to communicate but am i setting myself up then for a, a failure, vis-a-vis cybersecurity? >> i could start. i think that if you bring together -- >> wait, i did get, the chief information came in very, very quickly. let me...
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that is why encouraging us to think about. in the framework one thing they talk about is we are going to have extra special path to citizenship for people who commit to our nation's agricultural stability. that is really interesting darren nation--that is interesting side path. what i hear from people is agricultural laborers. we sure do. in 1850, 70% of the american population work in agriculture. it is 3%. it is possible that number will remain perfectly stable. is entirely possible that no robot will be devised that can pick strawberries. that is possibly true. is also possible the exact crops we grow right now we should always grow from now until the end them-the year 5,000 and the mixture should never change because labor is more expensive. if i were in that business that is what i would think. you expect me to stop growing lettuce in the imperial valley because it is the desert? that is nonsense with the federal government should keep subsidizing my water, they should keep it cheaper for urban consumers. that makes sense
that is why encouraging us to think about. in the framework one thing they talk about is we are going to have extra special path to citizenship for people who commit to our nation's agricultural stability. that is really interesting darren nation--that is interesting side path. what i hear from people is agricultural laborers. we sure do. in 1850, 70% of the american population work in agriculture. it is 3%. it is possible that number will remain perfectly stable. is entirely possible that no...
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how can use use the data sensors in the future? >> it really is important and going back to this id on the signatures are not enough you have to understand what is happening in your network, not someone's sick to become a cloud of or malware. one of the most valuable tools that we actually have in our arsenal regardless of or not we thought it was malicious at the time, and what that does is several things. if we find our intelligence that we should have looked at that happened last week we should go back and look at it but also all of the defense that we might see into context for what that one house was doing at the time that actually triggered that event so it reduces our false positives and gives much more insight about where and why we have some of the issues that we might see and they're really makes all the difference. you combine that with analytical capabilities or security at the manager type of tools that can work even more effective than some of those technologies because again, the defense that you are seeing that you
how can use use the data sensors in the future? >> it really is important and going back to this id on the signatures are not enough you have to understand what is happening in your network, not someone's sick to become a cloud of or malware. one of the most valuable tools that we actually have in our arsenal regardless of or not we thought it was malicious at the time, and what that does is several things. if we find our intelligence that we should have looked at that happened last week...
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using since 2011. but what that measure basically said was how well are we doing coming, protecting the border, stopping the illegal traffic coming through the border and illegal goods coming over. dhs stopped using that measure and now they are just looking at apprehension which isn't as sophisticated a measure, doesn't give a great picture of security. and there in the process of reviving that to come up with a better measure, but it's going on two years now. that really needs to get resolved, and then coupled with that they need to determine what the appropriate mix of resources to achieve that goal. in terms of who they should bring out the table, they need to bring all the relevant stakeholders. you know, i think they should have agents that are on the ground that are dealing with this day in and day out. the stakeholders along the border, the other federal agencies that play a role in this. as you mentioned, and as i mentioned in my opening statement, the need for dhs to really forge effective pa
using since 2011. but what that measure basically said was how well are we doing coming, protecting the border, stopping the illegal traffic coming through the border and illegal goods coming over. dhs stopped using that measure and now they are just looking at apprehension which isn't as sophisticated a measure, doesn't give a great picture of security. and there in the process of reviving that to come up with a better measure, but it's going on two years now. that really needs to get...
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thank you for joining us today. i'm daniel malloy, governor of connecticut and chairman of the education and work force committee. i am honored today to be joined by our committee's vice chair, governor tr ri branstad -- terry branstad of iowa. first, a bit of housekeeping. the proceedings of this committee's meeting are open to the press and all meeting attendees. as a consideration, please, take a moment and insure that your cell phones are silenced. the briefing books for this meeting were sent to governors in advance and can also be found in the blue binder in front of each of you. they include the agenda, background information, updates on federal legislation activity under this committee's jurisdiction and materials from our speakers. to my right is joan, the staff director of the nga of this committee, i should say. please, if you need any additional information or have any questions, please, see her. today we will hear from two distinguished panelists, after the formal remarks of the panel members, governors
thank you for joining us today. i'm daniel malloy, governor of connecticut and chairman of the education and work force committee. i am honored today to be joined by our committee's vice chair, governor tr ri branstad -- terry branstad of iowa. first, a bit of housekeeping. the proceedings of this committee's meeting are open to the press and all meeting attendees. as a consideration, please, take a moment and insure that your cell phones are silenced. the briefing books for this meeting were...
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is putting us on a wrong road. now, our proposal we're making them and i was just tired, this is been kind of a work in progress. some of it is out in the market place but some of it's not. we're going to at fort hood to be a limit of what we're trying to do with her own exchange but under the confines of the affordable care act and the law of the land. and we're committed to work with them, those confines. like it or not that is the law. but the are what we call red lines that we will not cross over as a state. it's our exchange. we have a right to run it how we see fit. we are not taking federal money. there are no strings. it's our exchange. and so we are saying that the things that we won't do, one can we won't enforce the individual mandate. even though the supreme court has ruled that is constitutional, we still think it's bad policy. for a number of reasons. so, we are not going to enforce the individual mandates. and at every stage have the option to determine for themselves if they mandate makes sense. but
is putting us on a wrong road. now, our proposal we're making them and i was just tired, this is been kind of a work in progress. some of it is out in the market place but some of it's not. we're going to at fort hood to be a limit of what we're trying to do with her own exchange but under the confines of the affordable care act and the law of the land. and we're committed to work with them, those confines. like it or not that is the law. but the are what we call red lines that we will not...
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the president used the same we did. there is an espionage danger and the destructive danger. >> we could be facing a cyberpearl harbor. do you believe that? >> i don't choose to use that phrase myself. there is cyberdanger. i should have made that clear already. cyberpearl harbor is too easy. let me give you the dialogue. we could be facing a cyberpearl harbor why? why hasn't to happen? >> what do we do about it? >> i have to answer the question -- i don't have a good answer. i say there are great dangers out there and i fear the chinese president on these networks. is a matter of great concern and we ought to do something about it. want to talk about something? what can we do? number one, follow the advice my dad gave me when i was nine years of age after losing a fight, quote whining, act like the man and defend yourself. we can be more robust in defending our networks. that is one. we can make it much more difficult for others to access things that we consider to be of value for us. secondly, i would suggest, and you
the president used the same we did. there is an espionage danger and the destructive danger. >> we could be facing a cyberpearl harbor. do you believe that? >> i don't choose to use that phrase myself. there is cyberdanger. i should have made that clear already. cyberpearl harbor is too easy. let me give you the dialogue. we could be facing a cyberpearl harbor why? why hasn't to happen? >> what do we do about it? >> i have to answer the question -- i don't have a good...
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trust us. trust us. and then here we waltz in less than two years later and the president is saying oh, no, we can't cut like we promised to cut, that i signed and i agreed to. oh, that's too much. the country -- and i'm not going to help you find a smarter, more effective way to do the cuts. you have got to use these cuts just like it was passed in the dead of night when the b.c.a. was passed. i don't think that's good policy. so what i urge my colleagues to do, and i believe it's the right thing, it's a decision we have no choice but to make, and that is that, mr. president, we're not going to give up this little spending cuts we achieve in 2011. really not spending cuts, is it? the little reduction in growth in spending we agreed to. we stand ready, and i'm confident i can speak for the republicans in this chamber. we stand ready to try to spread those cuts out in a way that's smarter and does -- and is less painful on any one organization because everybody should tighten their belt to help get this c
trust us. trust us. and then here we waltz in less than two years later and the president is saying oh, no, we can't cut like we promised to cut, that i signed and i agreed to. oh, that's too much. the country -- and i'm not going to help you find a smarter, more effective way to do the cuts. you have got to use these cuts just like it was passed in the dead of night when the b.c.a. was passed. i don't think that's good policy. so what i urge my colleagues to do, and i believe it's the right...
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lal and i'm glad traffic was kind to use you could join us. it would be disingenuous or cruel to ask you to discuss his comments from the beginning but one of the things that he is an expert on is the complexity and history of immigration reform. i would ask lynn see if you would talk about what the prospects are of the current system, discuss circularity from this end and the current dialogue that we have in the national political scene about citizenship. >>. >> my apologies to all of you. can you hear me? with the usual round of traffic this morning. of course, gustvo mohar is well placed to have these issues and the issues have changed in some ways the basic dynamics have not. it is now what we call amnesty but the roots of mexican in migration go back a long way dynamic labor migration from mexico with the collaboration of the mexican government. or even in the return to disarrays but with a new vision how they not only worked together, it is a new dynamic. talked-about legalization, a different base of rationale, highly secular with the m
lal and i'm glad traffic was kind to use you could join us. it would be disingenuous or cruel to ask you to discuss his comments from the beginning but one of the things that he is an expert on is the complexity and history of immigration reform. i would ask lynn see if you would talk about what the prospects are of the current system, discuss circularity from this end and the current dialogue that we have in the national political scene about citizenship. >>. >> my apologies to all...
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the guest chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, thank you for this day. grant us your presence. we stand in a room representing power and authority given by your hand. keep us mindful that one day we shall stand in a greater room and give an accounting of the decisions made this day. therefore, i pray with words that have been spoken down thru the ages that you, o lord, would grant to these leaders of our nation health, peace, concord and stability, that they may administer the government without failure. direct their counsel according to that which is good and well-pleasing in your sight. may it be said of them that they performed the duties of their office faithfully and impartially. bless each individual present here today, for by blessing the individual you have blessed this nation. to you be the glory. in your most holy name i pray. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with libert
the guest chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, thank you for this day. grant us your presence. we stand in a room representing power and authority given by your hand. keep us mindful that one day we shall stand in a greater room and give an accounting of the decisions made this day. therefore, i pray with words that have been spoken down thru the ages that you, o lord, would grant to these leaders of our nation health, peace, concord and stability, that they may administer the government...